WA bans smart glasses at state schools

Western Australia will introduce the nation's strictest ban on smart glasses in public schools, the state's education minister has announced.

A senate inquiry has recommended that control of triple zero calls be removed from Telstra and handed to a government authority.

An appearance by officials from the Reserve Bank of Australia at a parliamentary committee has left observers even more convinced that more interest rate rises are on the way.

Labor is tightening visa rules for international students and backpackers, while increasing efforts to remove overstayers as it seeks greater control over migration.

Authorities in Saudi Arabia say they've intercepted a drone fired by Houthi rebels at Mecca. It's the latest sign of escalating tensions in a conflict which is threatening the transport of oil through the key Bab el- Mandeb strait. 

China has rejected suggestions that the US should continue to impede China's advancement in artificial intelligence by maintaining restrictions on sales of high end chips and semiconductors.

China says calls for an AI slowdown from industry leaders are a "Cold War" tactic, aimed at curbing its progress in the sector.

Up to 600 jobs will be lost after South Australia's, Whyalla steelworks plant announced its shutting down its blast furnace.

Australians are marking the 25th anniversary of the shocking terror attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001.

The US President, Donald Trump has promised to give every American adult US $5000 if the Republicans win the mid-term elections in November.